Esports World Cup champion aiming for real world of motorsport

Luke Bennett won a cash prize after winning the sim racing event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh.

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Luke Bennett is coming home from the first Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia as a world champion.

Not only that, the 19-year-old from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire is also returning £100,000 richer after bagging the top prize in sim racing (short for simulated racing).

"It’s pretty surreal," Luke tells BBC Newsbeat. But now he's hoping he has a chance to make it properly real with a career in motorsport.

Luke's part of Team Redline – an offshoot of Red Bull’s F1 team which boasts Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen among its alumni.

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